The Stitching Hour—Weaving is a performance piece by Levon Kafafian.
Levon Kafafian is a multidisciplinary weaver, writer, poet, and performance artist based in Detroit, Michigan. They are the co-founder of the Fringe Society, an experimental art collective that’s working to create an interdisciplinary artistic environment for marginalized communities to thrive.
They’ve created 2 collections of handwoven wearable sci-fi fantasy pieces, the Summoner and the Vanagad Spirit, for Shaded Knot that are available for purchase.
For a full offering of their abilities and works, visit their website and Instagram.
My work is a dance between the cosmic cycles of Instagram and immigration, what comes to life in aimless doodles scribbled while on the phone with friends overseas, in the octave of transformation. I value the roots of my tradition but am not bound by figments of an idealized past. There is no home to return to; and it does not sadden me for the journey elsewhere is more interesting.
Section from Kafafian’s Artist Statement
Video and images of Kafafian's art and a performance piece titled The Stitching Hour—Weaving.
![When the Forest Sheds Its Skin When the Forest Sheds its Skin, Landscape series, 2014, cotton and dye.](https://i0.wp.com/queerarmenianlibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/When-the-Forest-Sheds-Its-Skin-600x500.jpeg)
![Nightweaving Nightweaving, Winter/Spring 2016, performance of weaving in active nightclub spaces, Detroit, Michigan.](https://i0.wp.com/queerarmenianlibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Nightweaving-600x600.jpeg)
![Breastplate Breastplate, That Which Nourishes, Protects series, 2013, wood-fired ceramic glazed with Detroit green clay.](https://i0.wp.com/queerarmenianlibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Breastplate-650x500.jpeg)